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Journal of Ancient History rEs Antiquitatis journal of Ancient History Volume 1 2010 JOURNAL OF ANCIENT HISTORY VOLUME 1 Centro de História de Além-Mar Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas Universidade dos Açores Marcelo Rede Res Antiquitatis. Journal of Ancient History Volume 1 / 2010 Price: € 12 Published by Centro de História de Além-Mar Universidade Nova de Lisboa / Universidade dos Açores [email protected] +351 21 790 8300 (ext. 1551) Sponsored by ISSN 1647-5852 Legal ref. code 308682/10 Copies: 750 Printed in Portugal by Fábrica das Letras, Lda. Mem Martins, Portugal Cover design: Marcel Paiva do Monte – 2 – Les vendeurs et la vente de biens immeubles en Babylonie Ancienne rEs Antiq Editor Advisory Board Francisco Caramelo – Universidade Nova José Augusto Ramos – Universidade de Lisboa de Lisboa Maria Helena Trindade Lopes – Universidade Nova de Lisboa Assistant Editor Jean-Claude Margueron – École Pratique Marcel L. Paiva Monte – Universidade Nova des Hautes Études de Lisboa Luís Filipe Thomaz – Universidade Católica Portuguesa Editorial Board José Ribeiro Ferreira – Universidade de Coimbra António Ramos dos Santos – Universidade Francolino Gonçalves – École Biblique de Lisboa et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem José das Candeias Sales – Universidade Aberta Jack Sasson – Vanderbilt University Zoltán Biedermann – University of London Michel Hulin – Université Paris Sorbonne Juan Luis Montero Fenollós – Universidade – Paris IV da Coruña Stanislava Vavroušková – Univerzita Karlova Leonor Santa Bárbara – Universidade Nova v Praze de Lisboa Sylvie Blétry – Université Paul Valéry Rui Loureiro – Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Montpellier III Gomes Michel al-Maqdissi – Direction Générale Brigitte Lion – Université François Rabelais des Antiquités et Musées (Damas, Syrie) – Tours Dejannirah Couto – École Pratique des Hautes Nuno Simões Rodrigues – Universidade de Lisboa Études José Virgilio Garcia Trabazo – Universidade Mario Liverani – Sapienza – Università di Roma de Santiago de Compostela Antonio Ruiz Castellanos – Universidad de Cádiz Dolors Folch – Universitat Pompeu Fabra José Remesal Rodríguez – Universitat de Barcelona Simo Parpola – Helsingin Yliopisto John Baines – University of Oxford Ana Isabel Buescu – Universidade Nova de Lisboa Sebastião Tavares de Pinho – Universidade de Coimbra [email protected] – 3 – Marcelo Rede – 4 – Les vendeurs et la vente de biens immeubles en Babylonie Ancienne Table of Contents Editor’s announcement ......................................................... 7 Studies Filipa Lowndes VICENTE: Orientalism in the Margins: the interest in Indian Antiquity in nineteenth century Italy 11 Jordi VIDAL: Bonaventura Ubach. In Search of the Biblical Landscapes ........................................................................... 39 Pablo MARTÍN ASUERO: Remains of the past in Lebanon and Damascus in Spanish texts from the 19th century ......... 55 Luís Manuel de ARAÚJO: Eça de Queirós en Egypte .......... 83 Benoît LURSON: Remarques sur les modifications appor- tées aux inscriptions dans la salle N du temple de Ouadi es-Seboua .............................................................................. 107 David HAMIDOVIC: Une nouvelle version du sacrifice d’Isaac découverte dans les manuscrits de Qumrân ............ 135 Marcelo REDE : Les vendeurs et la vente de biens immeu- bles en Babylonie Ancienne .................................................. 155 Paola M. ROSSI: Forest of desires and desire of forests: a way to the Buddhist ethics ................................................. 181 – 5 – Marcelo Rede Interview António Augusto Tavares (conducted by Francisco Caramelo and José das Candeias Sales) .............................................. 217 Short Notes Juan Luís MONTERO FENOLLÓS: Le «Projet Archéolo- gique Moyen Euphrate Syrien». Esquisse sur quatre ans de travaux de recherche (2005-2008) ..................................... 233 Reviews Book Reviews ........................................................................ 245 Web Reviews ......................................................................... 279 Abstracts – 6 – Les vendeurs et la vente de biens immeubles en Babylonie Ancienne Editorial announcement Res Antiquitatis is the most recent editorial project of the Centre for Overseas History, with the aim of becoming a space for reflexion and debate on Antiquity. The study and investigation of several Antiquities, from the Pre-Classical and Near Eastern to the Classic Antiquity, are the main motivation of this project, both for its intrinsic scientific interest and the conviction that such investigation may become, on the whole, a useful conceptual reflexion for the study of other periods and historical questions. Res Antiquitatis is therefore a contribution to the development in Portugal of investigation in fields related to the Antiquity, and it is open to the scientific production of both consecrated researchers and junior scholars. It will seek to highlight the research produced in our country and, to that purpose, English and French will be the main editorial languages. Internationalization is crucial to the affirmation of Portuguese research. Res Antiquitatis will contribute to that by publishing in these languages the work of both Portuguese and foreign scholars, thus becoming a common channel of communication and discussion. Another important goal is to conciliate the research on different Antiquities (Pre-Classical, Classical, Biblical, Oriental) with their “reception” in later periods, i.e. how they were perceived since Antiquity itself up to contemporary times. These cultural perceptions witness a reflexion on the otherness, which becomes interesting regarding the self-consciousness that a society or culture gradually constructs. Examples of these perceptions are the Oriental expressions one finds in the 19th century European culture. This Orientalism is manifest in the literature (including the Portuguese one), in painting, in music and even in the press. The 17th and 18th centuries, on the other hand, are copious in accounts of travellers and wandering Europeans in Oriental – 7 – Marcelo Rede lands, who describe and reflect on what they see and on the echoes and expressions of those Antiquities. The Jesuit epistolary frequently makes use of references to the Antiquity and in particular to historical figures of Classical Antiquity or Biblical characters as stereotypes that run their religious, social and political reflexions. The closest and more frequent contacts that Modern Europe established with Asia have generated curiosity on otherness and on Antiquity. European travellers, and in particular several Portuguese ones, roamed through some of these lands, namely the Near East, and saw the remains of ancient cultures. Using the Classical writers and the Bible as guidebooks, they sought to identify in the field ancient references such as Babylon and the Tower of Babel. Their perplexity towards the otherness and exoticism of what they witnessed and also the recognition of these echoes of Antiquity, through the observation of their archaeological and historical remains, led those travellers to write accounts of their journeys that reflected their cultural perceptions. The travel accounts of the Portuguese and the Spanish, from the 16th century onwards, are a testimony of that perplexity in the experience of discovering the other. They bear a historical awareness of Antiquity that derives from the Bible and from the Classical culture and is now tested by and faced with direct observation and experience. Res Antiquitatis, an yearly journal, thus emerges as an innovating project in the background of Antiquity Studies in Portugal, open to Portuguese as well as foreign authors and clearly investing in the quality and international circulation of the scientific work it embraces. Francisco Caramelo Editor – 8 – Interview d’António Augusto Tavares* Professeur en Chaire d’Histoire de la Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, à la retraite. Figure unique de l’université portugaise dans le domaine de l’Histoire Ancienne, ayant une connaissance profonde du milieu universitaire portugais et une expérience vaste et diversifiée dans le domaine de la recherche et de l’enseignement. F.C./J.C.S.: Comment surgit le goût pour l’Histoire Ancienne dans votre vie et quel a été votre parcours universitaire? A.A.T.: C’est une question facile à poser, mais il m’est impossible de répondre d’une manière simple et directe à ce que vous me demandez. Je ne crois pas que la vie de chaque personne ait un destin marqué par une quelconque force déterministe. Normalement, nous choisissons, parmi de nombreuses voies possibles, celle que nous souhaitons parcourir et qui peut ne pas être la meilleure option comme nous l’enseignera l’expérience. Cela étant dit, je veux affirmer que j’aime ce que j’ai choisi comme domaine d’étude et de travail professionnel: l’Histoire de l’Antiquité. Il y a certainement eu des circonstances et des raisons pour suivre ce mode de vie qu’il me plaît de rappeler, sans prétendre expliquer ici tout ce qui constitue ce passé personnel. F.C./J.C.S.: Mais par où avez-vous commencé votre formation spécifique? A.A.T.: Tout commence à l’École Biblique et Archéologique Française (EBAF) de Jérusalem. En septembre 1958, je suis arrivé à Jérusalem * This interview was conducted by Francisco Caramelo and José das Candeias Sales. – 217 – Interview d’António Augusto Tavares comme boursier de la Fondation Gulbenkian pour commencer mes
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